"It's purely sexual." "No shit?"

[kateorman]

Prior to a hasty flocking1, a naughty nameless person was complaining that my Doctor Who novels are merely an excuse for indulging my fetishes. I protest! I prefer the term "perversions

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[tencrush]

Little bit from column A, little bit from column B. No, actually, I wouldn't say hurt/comfort is a particular turn on, I think it's just the fascination, and the age old triumph over adversity thing. The hero always has to suffer, it's like a rule.

I watched a documentary a while ago about those girl's comics from the 70's and 80's, you know the ones, about orphans and girls who are spat upon and bullied at some posh school for being poor or ginger or whatever. They were cruel and unusual, the heroine always suffered beatings and kickings and ritual humiliation and to top it off her parents were always dead or her sister had a club foot or whatever. Like a seventies cartoon Shirley Temple film (or Annie, same premise). They were hugely popular, and some authors tried to make them a bit more chirpy and not quite so bleak, which didn't go down at all well with the readers. Maybe it's a girl thing? Perhaps there really is an inherent masochistic streak in women?

I'm not going to go there, because it's a hugely loaded issue and I can only speak for myself in that regard, I wouldn't dare speak for womankind.